Got my first rejection letter...

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I'm very frustrated right now! I got a rejection letter from the school that I thought I had the best shot at getting in. I applied to all four BSN programs in Portland but I've pretty much lost all hope of getting in to the other three. If I don't get accepted this year I'm not sure what I should do besides just sit around and wait until next year to apply again. I've taken all of the classes to get into any of the BSN programs here and my GPA is at a 3.6. I can't really take anymore classes to increase my GPA because I have around 150 credits so its not really going to impact it that much. I have also volunteered at OHSU ER for over 100 hours and have done a ton of community service... I just don't know what else I need to do to make my application more competitive :o . If anyone has any advice or has also been in this situation I could use some words of encouragement.

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I'm very frustrated right now! I got a rejection letter from the school that I thought I had the best shot at getting in. I applied to all four BSN programs in Portland but I've pretty much lost all hope of getting in to the other three. If I don't get accepted this year I'm not sure what I should do besides just sit around and wait until next year to apply again. I've taken all of the classes to get into any of the BSN programs here and my GPA is at a 3.6. I can't really take anymore classes to increase my GPA because I have around 150 credits so its not really going to impact it that much. I have also volunteered at OHSU ER for over 100 hours and have done a ton of community service... I just don't know what else I need to do to make my application more competitive :o . If anyone has any advice or has also been in this situation I could use some words of encouragement.

I'm sorry to hear about your rejection letter. I'm also waiting to hear from nursing schools and I'm scared of getting a rejection letter. But, keep your chin up. You do still have three other schools to hear from and you sound like a great candidate!

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Specializes in Neurology, Cardiology.

hi~

so sorry to hear about this. but keep trying, keep volunteering. its tough. consider all other options...including out of state. i'm in the program at clark, and will continue on at wsu or somewhere else to get my bsn. (i already have a bs in another dicipline so an asn with a bsn later is the most efficient and cost effective.) i received a rejection letter before i received the acceptance letter...i got in as an alternate ~in this little community college!

i would call or go into the admissions office at the school and see if you can get more information as to why you were rejected, make sure it is not something that you weren't aware of, and find out how close you came to acceptance. you can then come up with a plan to get in, or work on a "plan b".

also consider that your feet aren't cemented here in the pnw. when i received my rejection letter, i got on the net and the phone and called a bunch of community colleges around the us where i would like to live...san fran, florida, and found out how tough it would be to get into their programs. most of them said "no problem" when i told them my gpa was 3.75. i was looking at community colleges, but you could do the same for nursing schools.

anyway, good luck! keep your hopes up for those other schools. and don't give up on your dream!!

~d

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